diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 9c62f82..b5bd60a 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ DAGSTER_POSTGRES_URL=postgresql://dagster:changeme@postgres:5432/dagster
 
 # ── dbt profile target (overrides profiles.yml env_var defaults) ─────────────
 DBT_TARGET=dev
+
+# ── pgAdmin ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+PGADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
+PGADMIN_PASSWORD=changeme
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index d2fb1ca..f1582a2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,25 @@ services:
       dagster-usercode:
         condition: service_healthy
 
+  # pgAdmin web UI
+  pgadmin:
+    image: dpage/pgadmin4:latest
+    container_name: pgadmin
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file: .env
+    environment:
+      PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL: ${PGADMIN_EMAIL}
+      PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: ${PGADMIN_PASSWORD}
+    volumes:
+      - pgadmin-data:/var/lib/pgadmin
+      - ./pgadmin/servers.json:/pgadmin4/servers.json:ro
+    ports:
+      - "5050:80"
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
 volumes:
   postgres-data:
   dbt-target:
+  pgadmin-data:
diff --git a/pgadmin/servers.json b/pgadmin/servers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..214b6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgadmin/servers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "Servers": {
+        "1": {
+            "Name": "data-platform",
+            "Group": "Servers",
+            "Host": "postgres",
+            "Port": 5432,
+            "MaintenanceDB": "postgres",
+            "Username": "dagster",
+            "SSLMode": "prefer"
+        }
+    }
+}